RIBN Program

(Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate Nurses)

What is RIBN?

The Hickory RIBN program is a four year nursing option that will dually admit and enroll students to both Lenoir-Rhyne University and one of these five local Community Colleges:

• Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
• Catawba Valley Community College
• Mitchell Community College
• Western Piedmont Community College
• Wilkes Community College

This program will provide a seamless associate to baccalaureate nursing education for top academic students. The first three years of study will be at the Community College campus along with one course per semester at L-R. Upon successful completion of the first three years, students will take their fourth year at Lenoir-Rhyne. Admission to the program will be competitive and students will be chosen on the basis of specific academic requirements.